Wednesday, 4 April 2012

31 Useful Safari Keyboard Shortcuts

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Safari is the fast and lean default web browser bundled with Mac OS X. You probably already know a shortcut or two, but there are tons of shortcuts in Safari worth remembering that can really improve your experience browsing the web. We’ll cover 31 different keystrokes, they are grouped into different sections based on use case, and we’ve also included a few multi-touch gestures for those of us with multitouch capable Macs.

8 Shortcuts for Navigating Tabs & Web Pages

Switch to Next Tab – Control+Tab

Switch to Previous Tab – Control+Shift+Tab

Scroll Down by Full Screen – Spacebar

Scroll Up by Full Screen – Shift+Spacebar

Go to Address Bar – Command+L

Open New Tab – Command+T

Open Link in New Tab - Command+Click a link

Add Linked Page to Reading List – Shift+Click link

7 Shortcuts for Reading & Viewing Pages

Strip Styling and View in Reader – Command+Shift+R

Increase Text Size – Command+Plus

Decrease Text Size – Command+Minus

Default Text Size – Command+0

Enter or Exit Full Screen – Command+Escape

Open Home Page – Command+Shift+H

Mail Link to Current Page – Command+Shift+I

5 Shortcuts for Caches, Loading Pages, Source, and Pop Ups

Empty Browser Cache – Command+Option+E

Reload Page – Command+R

Stop Loading Page - Command+.

View Page Source – Command+Option+U

Disable Pop Up Windows – Command+Shift+K

3 Shortcuts for Finding and Navigating Found Items

Find Text on Page – Command+F

Navigate Found Items Forward – Return

Navigate Found Items Backwards – Shift+Return

8 Shortcuts for Toolbars, History, and Reading List

Hide or Show Toolbar – Command+i

Hide or Show Bookmarks Bar – Command+Shift+B

Hide or Show Status Bar – Command+/

Hide or Show Tab Bar – Command+Shift+T

Show Top Sites – Command+Option+1

Show History – Command+Option+2

Show Reading List – Command+Shift+L

Show Downloads – Command+Option+L

Bonus: 4 Safari Multi-Touch Gestures

Go Back – Two Finger Swipe Left

Go Forward – Two Finger Swipe Right

Zoom Out / Decrease Font Size – Pinch

Zoom In / Increase Font Size – Spread / Reverse Pinch

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